
Great! I was curious if you could explain to me what amino acids are found in the active sites of the branched chain alpha keto acid dehydrogenase complex, and how they assist in turning branched chain amino acids into acetyl-CoA and succinyl-CoA. Then explain how this either contributes or takes away from the entropy of a closed system.
The BCKDC uses amino acids like histidine and lysine in its active site to stabilize intermediates and transfer acyl groups, aided by cofactors such as thiamine pyrophosphate and lipoic acid. This reaction converts branched-chain amino acids into smaller molecules like acetyl-CoA, which increases entropy by creating more disorder overall.
My bad. I didn’t realize you were spending tens of thousands on cadavers and software and spending thousands of hours in labs and watching procedures and attending lectures and reading papers and studying anatomy and ethics and sociology and conducting studies and writing papers and getting peer reviewed.
Yeah the difference is that doctors go through an extensive 10+ year endeavor to obtain *specialized* experience and knowledge in the field they’re studying. They research these things firsthand for several years. Any person online can use Google or ChatGPT to answer a generic question but they sure as hell aren’t gonna let you actually practice on someone